Designers that have got your book covered.

Your book doesn’t need to look good–it has to look great. A striking, brilliant design is a fundamental element in your book and is central to your marketing efforts. All of the designers on Reedsy can help you create that beautiful book, both inside and out.

We have managed to source some of the finest and most decorated book designers working in publishing today. On the Reedsy marketplace you will find talented and experienced book cover designers, illustrators and typographers, who have dedicated their careers to creating beautiful books.

Why do you need to hire a book design professional?

The truth is that if you fail to properly address the external appearance of your book, it will seriously reduce the chances of your work ever being noticed. Your book’s cover is the first thing readers will see about you, and you know what they say about first impressions… Why risk all those hours of hard work on your book going unnoticed, since people really do judge a book by its cover?

It’s just about the cover, right?

Not exactly. The cover is just the “packaging” of your book. Whilst you certainly want the packaging to be as beautiful and relevant as possible, you don’t want your readers to be let down once they open the book. Typesetting, typography and illustrations all play an enormous role in the inside design of your book. Here’s a great example of how you can stand out in print books through innovative layout design and typography: Book Design in Self-Publishing: Breaking New Ground - (8 min)

Success stories

It’s been an incredible journey so far, watching authors build the perfect editorial, design and marketing teams around them. We’re particularly excited about great book design, so we love to highlight some of the best covers and projects that Reedsy has enabled. Here are just a couple of examples:

Book Designer interviews

What happens when you bring the best book designers in the industry together? You learn a thing or two about their craft. Check out some of our interviews; we guarantee you’ll learn something new, just like we did.

Design services definitions

“Book Design” encompasses quite a wide range of different skills and services. On our marketplace, you’ll be able to search specifically for cover designers, illustrators, typesetters and typographers.

Book cover design
Your book cover design is your first and foremost marketing tool. It needs to both reflect your genre and have an originality element that will draw the eyes of the reader, even in thumbnail size.

Book Illustration
Book illustrations are vital in certain genres and totally optional in others. Finding an illustrator who can put images on your words is no easy task, but it can become the most rewarding partnership in your writing career.

Book layout design
The layout design, or typesetting, of a print book is what usually marks the difference between an amateur writer and a professional one. For ebook formats, the formatting is just as important, and can be quite complex for certain types of books.

Typography
Typography is the art of arranging words and other elements on the page. It will play an important role on your cover, and an even more important one on your typesetting.

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Posts from the Reedsy blog

“My #1 piece of advice by far would be to ask authors to ask their designers for input and trust in their designer’s judgement – even if they think their “idea” might be better… Ideas are good by way of suggestion, but a decent designer will already have a good reason for everything in their design.”...

“I believe that an eye-catching, well-crafted, well-designed cover increases the value of a book to readers and booksellers. A book cover should receive as much careful attention as it needs to become the best it can be, just like the text within.”

“The perfect cover is seductive, mysterious, puzzling. The perfect cover is either bold or very subtle. The perfect cover stimulates my imagination or serves as a gateway to what we can find inside. The perfect cover is not explicit or gives too much away. The perfect cover is not ashamed to be seen riding the metro or appearing in public places.”

Sarah Mathilde Callaway - Author

The best digital organization for contacting professionals. As an agency professional, I did not believe something like this could exist and be able to solve every little problem I had in less than 24h. Thank You!

10/10

Richard Byrne Reilly - Author

Reedsy's self-publishing tools are extremely easy to use. The end product beautiful to see. Ricardo and the team, Emmanuel and Matt, have managed to create a user experience for writers unlike any other I've seen out there.

10/10

Lele Iturrioz - Author

I recommended reedsy to every writer I know! I was able to find the perfect professional for my project. It was reassuring to collaborate within such a secure environment. Great work!